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It may be the middle of summer, but it's not too early to start thinking about either the fall or winter sports season for Pittsburghers, and hockey annually bridges the gap between the two.
The good folks of Robinson Township, to say nothing of the rest of the WPIAL, are used to seeing Montour athlete Devin Wilson excel both on the gridiron and in the gym. That versatility has not gone unnoticed on a national level, either.
O'Brien, on the recruiting trail, doesn't seem to need as much help as one might have imagined, and that is to his credit. But for all his nobility, it would probably be a while, if I were a parent, before I bought little Johnny those black Nikes he wanted as a graduation present.
Last Wednesday residents of the greater Monroeville area lined up around the Gateway Senior High School auditorium to loudly and proudly voice their support for the full-time retention of athletic director/head football coach Terry Smith, but the relative silence of their school board remains deafening.
People packed an auditorium to support a local high school coach. Last month, the Gateway School Board made the athletic director position part-time. Wednesday night, the board decided whether Terry Smith would still be able to coach.
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On Wednesday evening at 7:00 the Gateway School Board will convene to decide the fate of athletic director/head football coach Terry Smith.
Remember the young man who nearly pitched Blackhawk to a Class AAA WPIAL Baseball Championship victory over Mount Lebanon at PNC Park? He's come a long way.
As Hopewell guard Shatori Walker-Kimbrough demonstrated at the Palumbo Center back in March, basketball is a sport in which one player can carry a team otherwise not particularly deep. It'll be interesting to see if she can one day do out of the ACC what she's done in three years out of the WPIAL.
You may not see them on Saturday afternoons in "Wide World of Sports," or at ungodly hours on ESPN2, but you might have seen a few of the strongest young men in Beaver County fought for the title of best strongman in Monaca, PA recently.
While a number of top WPIAL football recruits are staying home and trying to turn Pitt's program around, Division I mid-majors are reaping the talents of many others.
In the latest phase of a distinguished career in Beaver County sports, Ellwood City head football coach Don Phillips will lead two of his outgoing seniors one more time in the Penn-Ohio all-star game this Friday.
Former Aliquippa and Pitt football standout Darrelle Revis was kind enough to give us a few words about his inaugural Skills and Drills Clinic, and what he hopes its young participants have learned.
A few current WPIAL football players had the honor of visiting "Revis Island."
Darrelle Revis deliberated carefully on how he would give back to the community that made him not just an All-Pro defensive back, but a PIAA football champion, and a Division I scholar athlete. He chose to pass along the power of a gridiron education.
